Coral Island
by The Coral
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The Coral bestography
Coral Island is ranked 4th best out of 16 albums by The Coral on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Coral is The Coral which is ranked number 3946 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 374.
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Coral Island track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Coral Island rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 89 Music Albums of 2021 | 79/89 | 1 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | 2021 outliers | 6/98 | - |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 84 Music Albums of 2021 | 57/84 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 95 Music Albums of 2021 | 25/95 | 4 |
| 2025 |  nitomano | Top 23 Music Albums of 2021 | 5/23 | 4 |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | Rivera | Top 30 Music Albums of 2021 | 25/30 | 1 |
| 2025 | davidhuret | Top 20 Music Albums of 2021 | 5/20 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 37 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 106 | |||
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Coral Island ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/29/2025 03:57 | dhbarrett | 8,841 | 65/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2024 20:38 | LittleM1971 | 6,008 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2024 17:47 | yes340 | 660 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.6.
Coral Island forum mentions
pedro1976 04/30/2023 08:43 in What album are you listening to right now?Coral Island comments
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Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/12/2021 04:41 | #272455
I kinda lost track of The Coral after Bill Ryder Jones departed in 2007 however not only are they still boxing on but still releasing records and here in 2021 they give us a good old fashioned Concept Album. Ta Da !
The concept of this Concept Album roughly translates to the band recalling holidays on the West Coast of England from fun and innocence to ultimate decline through a fairly straight forward and linear telling that is interspersed with several short narrative sections throughout. Think Kinks ‘Village Green’ and you are on the right track
Reviews for this one has been mostly positive with even a couple of posters on Allmusic declaring a masterpiece. Trust me it’s far from a masterpiece with a hand full of downright stinkers here, however if you have the time to commit it’s well worth the effort
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I think this album is a masterpiece. The music perfectly encapsulates various styles from the 60s while the spoken segues provide a poignant narrative of a golden age passed. (Edited)
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